Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
A.C. ARIS THESSALONIKI ( el, Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Άρης Θεσσαλονίκης), is a major

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founded on 25 March 1914 in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

. Nicknamed ''God of War'', Aris was one of the strongest Greek clubs during the Interwar period with champion teams in football, basketball and water polo. Until nowadays maintains a remarkable tradition in basketball, while "established" the sport in the country with the great star player Nikos Galis and the team of the 1980s, which was voted as the best Greek team of the 20th century.

Departments

Aris is considered to be one of the most important Greek sport clubs and today maintains departments in many sports, including: * Aris FC - Football * Aris BC -

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

* Aris Volleyball Club -

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* Aris Water Polo -

Water Polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

* Aris Baseball -

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

* Aris Ice Hockey -

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Honours

Football

* Super League Greece **Winners (3): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1945–46 **Runners-up (3): 1929–30, 1932–33, 1979–80 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most ...

**Winners (1): 1969–70 **Runners-up (8): 1931–32, 1932–33, 1939–40, 1949–50, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10 * Greater Greece Cup (Defunct) **Winners (1): 1971

Basketball

* Greek League : Winners (10): 1929–30, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 : Runners-up (8): 1928-29, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1975–76, 1981–82, 1983-84 *

: Winners (8): 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1997–98, 2003–04 : Runners-up (6): 1983–84, 1992–93, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2016–17 * Greek Super Cup : Winners (1): 1986 *

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA E ...

/ EuroCup Basketball : Winners (1):

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: Runners-up (1): 2005–06 *

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

(defunct) : Winners (1): 1996–97 *

FIBA EuroCup Challenge The FIBA EuroCup Challenge was the 4th-tier level (it was the 3rd-tier level during the inaugural 2002–03 season), transnational professional continental club basketball competition in Europe. It was run and organized by FIBA Europe. The leag ...

: Winners (1): 2002–03

Volleyball

Greek Volleyball League: * Winners (1): 1996–97 *''Runners-up (2):'' 1993–94, 1995–96, Greek Super Cup: * Winners (1): 1996–97

Waterpolo

* Greek League ** Winners (4): 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32 ** ''Runners-up (1):'' 1930–31

Weightlifting

* 2 Greek championships, Women: 1994, 1995

Ice Hockey

* 4 Greek Championships: 1989, 1990, 1991, 2011

Korfball

* 1 Greek Championship:2007 * 1 Greek Cup: 2007 * 1 Beach Korfball Championship'': 2008

Ball Hockey

* 1 Greek Championship: 2009

Roller Hockey

* 1 Greek Championship:2009 * 3 Greek Cups: 2007, 2008, 2009 * 1 Balkan Cup: 2009

Swimming

* 1 Greek Championship, Women: 1994

Boxing

* 1 Greek Championship, Men: 1972

Athletics

* 1 Greek Indoor Championship, Women: 1991 * 1 Greek Cup, Women: 1988 * 2 Greek Cross Country Championship, Women: 1961, 1962

Anthem

The hymn of Aris or ''Aris Niketes'' (Ares Victorious) is the anthem of the club. It was written in 1926. The lyrics were written by Georgios Kitsos and the music by Secondo Poselli, son of the famous architect

Vitaliano Poselli Vitaliano Poselli (1838–1918) was an Italian architect from Sicily, mostly known for his work in the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. Life He was born in Castiglione di Sicilia in 1838, and studied in Rome. In 1867, the Catholic Church ...

. The orchestration was made by the famous classic composer Emilios Riadis.

Notable athletes

*Football: Nikolaos Aggelakis, Kostas Vikelidis, Nikiphoros Vikelidis, Nikos Kitsos, Argyris Argyriadis,

Kleanthis Vikelidis Kleanthis Vikelides ( el, Κλεάνθης Βικελίδης; 23 October 1916 – 4 November 1988) was a Greek footballer who played for Aris Thessaloniki and the Greece national football team. He was also a manager, taking charge of Aris Thess ...

, Kostas Veliadis, Manolis Keramidas, Takis Loukanidis, Alketas Panagoulias, Konstantinos Drampis, Giorgos Zindros, Stelios Papafloratos, Theodoros Pallas, Alekos Alexiadis,

Dinos Kouis Dinos Kouis (Greek: Ντίνος Κούης) is a Greek retired footballer, one of the best to have ever played for Aris Thessaloniki. Kouis moved to Thessaloniki with his family at age ten, while he started his football career playing for Ag ...

, Vasilis Dimitriadis, Apostolos Liolidis, Traianos Dellas,

Angelos Charisteas Angelos Charisteas ( el, Άγγελος Χαριστέας, ; born 9 February 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as sporting director for Aris Thessaloniki. At club level he played for Aris Thessa ...

, Avraam Papadopoulos, Sergio Koke, Darcy Dolce Neto, Javito, Vangelis Platellas *Basketball: Manthos Matthaiou,

Faidon Matthaiou Faidon Matthaiou, also spelled Fedon Mattheou and Phaedon Mathaiou ( el, Φαίδων Ματθαίου) (12 July 1924 – 17 September 2011) was a Greek professional basketball player and coach. He was a center at the start of his career, and a ...

, Anestis Petalidis, Michalis Romanidis, Vangelis Alexandris, Charis Papageorgiou,

Nikos Filippou Nikolaos "Nikos" Filippou (alternate spelling: Filipou) ( el, Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Φιλίππου; born July 15, 1962, Ioannina, Greece) is a retired Greek professional basketball player. At a height of 2.02 m (6 ft 7 in.), he ...

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, Vassilis Lipiridis, Lefteris Subotić,

Giannis Ioannidis Giannis Ioannidis (alternate spellings: Ioannis, Yiannis, Yannis) ( Greek: Γιάννης Ιωαννίδης; born 26 February 1945 in Thessaloniki, Greece) is a former Greek basketball player, professional basketball coach, and Greece New Democ ...

Panagiotis Giannakis Panagiotis Giannakis ( el, Παναγιώτης Γιαννάκης, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a retired Greek professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he was primarily a poin ...

, Nikos Galis, Miroslav Pecarski,

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, Harold Ellis, Walter Berry, José Ortiz, Charles Shackleford, Dinos Angelidis, Panagiotis Liadelis, Giorgos Sigalas,

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Nestoras Kommatos Nestoras Kommatos (Greek: Νέστορας Κόμματος; born May 4, 1977) is a Greek former professional basketball player and, as of recently, the team manager for Larisa (formerly known as Ermis Agias) of the Greek Basket League. During his ...

, Jeremiah Massey, Bryant Dunston, Kostas Sloukas, Kostas Papanikolaou,

Sasha Vezenkov Aleksandar Vezenkov ( bg, Александър Везенков; gr, Αλέξανδρος Βεζένκοφ; born 6 August 1995), also known as Sasha Vezenkov ( bg, Саша Везенков; gr, Σάσα Βεζένκοφ), is a professional b ...

*Volleyball:

Lyubomir Ganev Lyubomir Eftimov Ganev ( bg, Любомир Ефтимов Ганев in Rousse), a.k.a. Lyubo Ganev or Lubo, is a Bulgarian former volleyball player. He was born in Rousse, where he started his career. He played with CSKA for seven years and wa ...

, Plamen Konstantinov, Michalis Alexandropoulos, Giannis Melkas,

Thanassis Moustakidis Thanassis "Sakis" Moustakidis (Greek: Θανάσης "Σάκης" Μουστακίδης, born ) is a former Greek male volleyball player and current volleyball coach. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team that won the bronze me ...

Dimitris Modiotis Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: * Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...

Kostas Prousalis Konstantinos Prousalis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Προύσαλης; born 6 October 1980) is a Greek male volleyball player. He was part of the Greece men's national volleyball team. He competed with the national team at the 2004 Summer Olymp ...

, Nikos Smaragdis, Riley Salmon, Clayton Stanley *Water polo: Stelios Dimitriou, Agisilaos Zografos, Fotis Zografos

European honours

Notable supporters

* Katerina Sakellaropoulou, President of the Hellenic Republic * Arthur Abrahamian, President of the Armenian Community of Thessaloniki * Anthimos Ananiadis, actor * Lelos Arouch, prominent member of the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki *

Albert Bourla Albert Bourla ( el, Άλμπερτ Μπουρλά; born ) is a Greek-American veterinarian and the chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer, an American pharmaceutical company. He joined the company in 1993 and has held several executive ro ...

, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

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* Yiannis Boutaris, fmr. Mayor of Thessaloniki *

, member of the UEFA Euro 2004 winning team * Spyros Charitatos, journalist * Kostas Chrysogonos, jurist, Member of the European Parliament * Giannis Dardamanelis, Mayor of

Kalamaria Kalamariá ( el, Καλαμαριά, ''Port Side'') is among the most densely populated suburbs in Greece, located about southeast of downtown Thessaloniki, with a population of92.238 inhabitat History The area was first settled by humans in pre ...

* Dimos Dasygenis, knitting entrepreneur, whom the Aris training center ("Dasygenio") was named after * Serafeim Dedeoglou, significant entrepreneur, creator of luxury hotels in Thessaloniki * Vangelis Diamantopoulos, fmr. SYRIZA MP * Efstratios Evgeniou, Chalkidiki Flour Mills SA's Chairman & CEO * B.D. Foxmoor, rapper and hip hop producer * Christos Galileas, artistic director of Thessaloniki Concert Hall * Nikos Galis, member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame * Kostas Gioulekas, fmr. Minister of Internal Affairs * Evangelos Grammenos, president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) * Aris Grigoriadis, world aquatics champion *

, fmr. Deputy Minister of Sport * Ignatios Kaitezidis, Mayor of Panorama * Sotiris Kalyvatsis, actor * Vassilis Kechagias, President of the Greek Film Critics Association (PEKK) * Giorgos Konstantopoulos, President of the Greek Exporters Association (SEVE) * Vladimiros Kyriakidis, actor * Zoe Laskari, actress * Katerina Laspa, journalist, TV host * Michalis Leanis, journalist * Giorgos Lentzas, journalist, TV host * Giannis Logothetis, emblematic sports commentator * Renia Louizidou, actress * Nikos Makropoulos, singer * Apostolos Mangiriadis, journalist *

Marinella Marinella ( el, Μαρινέλλα) (born 20 May 1938, Thessaloniki) is one of the most popular Greek singers whose career has spanned several decades. She has sung professionally since 1957. Since the beginning of her career, she has release ...

, singer * Rodolfo Maslias, Head of TermCoord of the European Parliament *

, FIBA EuroBasket Bronze medalist, the "Patriarch" of Greek basketball * Antypas (Masloumidis), singer * Michalis Mitrousis, actor * Fanis Mouratidis, actor * Alexandros Nikolaidis, Olympic medalist in

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* Alketas Panagoulias, fmr. US and Greece national football team manager * Andreas Papacharalambous, Mayor of Strovolos, Cyprus * Elena Papadimitriou, journalist * Charis Papageorgiou, top scorer and champion in basketball * Vasilis Papageorgopoulos, fmr. Mayor of Thessaloniki *

Akis Petretzikis Georgios Evlampios (Akis) Petretzikis (born 4 March 1984) is a Greek celebrity chef. He is the CEO of Akis Petretzikis Ltd, which publishes cooking magazines and books, produces cooking shows, runs restaurants, and has an e-shop with various kitc ...

, celebrity chef * Secondo Poselli, composer of the Hymn of Aris Thessaloniki, son of

* Emilios Riadis, significant composer and poet * Konstantinos-Christoforos Rodokanakis, physician and essayist * Akis Sakellariou, actor * Nikolaos Sakellaropoulos, fmr. VP of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece * Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the

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* Panagiotis Spyrou, pioneer cardiac surgeon * Katerina Stanisi, singer * Nikos Tachiaos, Chairman of Attiko Metro SA * Kyriakos Thomaidis, journalist, TV host * Ioanna Triantafyllidou, actor * Nicholas Trimmatis, London based real estate entrepreneur * Thanasis Tsaltabasis, actor * Vassilis Tsitsanis, leading composer of

rebetiko Rebetiko ( el, ρεμπέτικο, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used today to designate originally disparate kinds of urban Greek music which have come to be grouped together since the s ...

* Vasilis Tsivilikas, actor * Nikos Valergakis, fmr. President of Thessaloniki Bar Association * Foteini Velesiotou, singer * Michalis Zorpidis, President of the Professional Chamber of Thessaloniki (EETH)

AC Αris Thessaloniki Presidents

Gallery

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, the ''Patriarch'' of the Greek basketball File:Dušan Ivković.jpg, Dušan Ivković File:VangelisAlexandris.jpg, Vangelis Alexandris File:Coach Giannis Ioannidis.PNG,

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References

External links

Official website
;Press
All about Aris
;Fans
Super3 Official website

Official website of "ARIS Members Society"
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